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For Baseball Parents: Let the Kids Have Fun!
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One of the major elements of International Sports Group's mission statement is that players have fun. Baseball is a great game, but more than that, it's a fun game. Just ask anyone who's made solid contact on a baseball with a bat! All too often, however, there are many forces at work that take away some of the fun from playing the game. Besides pressure on players from coaches in other sports who want them to specialize, travel team coaches, or recruiting agencies, too often the source of the pressure comes from those closest to them, their parents! And this problem is just me and not just confined to American baseball players. It is happening more and more often in other parts the world; just ask the coaches.
Too much pressure takes the fun out of the game. What follows is a link to an article from the Los Angeles Times in which a well-known doctor who works in emergency situations lays much of the blame for this trend right where it belongs: http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-erskine-20150205-column.html Cartoon from teamfenom.com |
More Ammunition against Sport Specialization
The outcry against specialization keep building. The following link will take our readers to a page written by former professional basketball great Steve Nash. Nash also hates the specialization that seems to be forced on young athletes by overzealous parents and coaches who are afraid their sons or daughters will not become professional unless they specialize in early age. This article, along with previously linked articles from sources as diverse as Olympian Kobe Bryant and momsteam.com, decry the move toward limiting athletic development two one sport. Hopefully, it will give coaches some ammunition to use, especially against the year-long football forces in Europe, in their drive to produce an atmosphere for long term athletic development.
https://stevenashyb.wordpress.com/2014/10/20/the-race-to-nowhere-in-youth-sports/
https://stevenashyb.wordpress.com/2014/10/20/the-race-to-nowhere-in-youth-sports/
Best Hope in Years for Baseball to Return to Olympics
At a recent meeting of the IOC, there were hints that baseball might return to the games in 2020 in Japan. This news provides a glimmer of hope to all those baseball federations whose budgets were tied to Olympic inclusion of baseball. Click on the rings below to read the article -
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Baseball Canada's Vision for Long Term Athletic Development Shared in Coaching Tips Section
Baseball Canada is miles ahead of the curve when it comes to developing athletes for life-long success. Thanks to our friend Andre Lachance, they have allowed us to share the scope of that vision with you. Check out our coaching tips section for a graphic illustration of their LTAD plans.
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JUST ADDDED - Photos of the 2013 Vancouver Clinic.
JUST ADDDED - Photos of the 2013 Vancouver Clinic.
